Kai Fu Han

Chapter 363: Great Foreign Affairs
"The Goryeo warships have begun to escape." The lookout at the top of the Huashan's mast shouted loudly.

"Send the order, warships that can immediately break away from the battle, immediately pursue the remaining enemies in groups of three or two!" Gao Yuan ordered loudly.

On the naval battle battlefield, except for a few ships that were engaged in battle with the Goryeo warships and could not be separated immediately, the other Xinghan Alliance warships immediately began to evacuate the stalemate battlefield after receiving the order, scattered in all directions, and began to pursue the Goryeo warships. .

Large ships have obvious advantages in battle, but they obviously have a speed disadvantage when chasing enemies.

The Goryeo warships were escaping. The sailors rowing the oars were using all their strength, and the ships were moving very fast.

Fortunately, Xinghan League also has small boats.

From the beginning of the naval battle, the barges that had been watching the battle finally came into play. The soldiers of the Xinghan League who had been recharging their strength began to compete with the Goryeo sailors for their paddling speed.

The advantage of the barge itself lies in its speed. The physical quality of the naval officers of the Xinghan League was much higher than that of the Korean sailors. Coupled with their excellent training and tacit cooperation, the overall ship speed was more than [-]% faster than the Korean warships.

Soon the ten barges each caught up with a Goryeo warship, then threw grenades onto the deck of the Goryeo warship, and then continued to chase forward.

The Goryeo warship, whose speed was affected by the grenade explosion, was quickly overtaken by the subsequent Han alliance warship.

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In the end, more than a dozen of Goryeo's more than 100 warships participating in the war were sunk, 53 were captured, and the others successfully escaped.

By the time the captured ships were gathered together and the surviving Korean sailors who had fallen into the water were rescued aboard, the sky began to darken.

"Has the news been sent back?" Gao Yuan asked his men.

"It was already sent back when the battle came to an end."

"That's good. Have you received any news about the land war in Zhenzhou?"

"Not yet, but it should be soon."

Currently, the only golden eagle that can search for moving ships on a large scale at sea and then identify and send messages is "Golden Coin".

The "gold coin" was on the Huashan before the war, and after being released back to Zhenzhou to deliver a message, it has not returned yet.

"Organize all ships to return to Haikou Port and rest." Gao Li shouted to the signal corps.

Before the sky was completely dark, the messenger quickly passed the order through the semaphore.

Because some of the Xinghan League naval officers were required to command the captives on the Goryeo warships, and several Goryeo warships had seriously damaged masts and lost power. They could only be towed forward by the mountain-class and state-class warships, causing the ship to The team returned very slowly.

It was not until it was completely dark, around Haishi, that the fleet approached Shanghai Port.Because of the darkness, the gold coins had not been sent back. It was not until the next day, April [-], that Gao Yuan received the results of the Zhenzhou battle, with an order to convene a high-level meeting.After receiving the order, Gao Yuan took two fleet chapters across the Jianghua Strait in a scooter and came to Zhenzhou City.

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"We will wait here for three days. While waiting, we will rest the soldiers and repair the ships. If Goryeo does not send envoys to negotiate peace within three days, then we will send troops to go to Goryeo to open the capital. By then, your naval warships will be Be prepared, this time we enter the Lichengjiang River, with county-level warships as the main combat force, you must prepare elite personnel in advance."

In the lobby of Zhenzhou Yamen, the senior officials of the Army and Navy of the Xinghan Alliance sat together and held a meeting to discuss the follow-up battle plan. Liu Xinqi made arrangements for Gao Yuan.

The water depth of Yecheng River has been completely measured and mastered due to continuous trade with Goryeo.April is the early stage of the flood season in the Yecheng River. The water depth is not enough to sail a mountain-class warship. Because of the sharp bottom, the state-class fortune ship can barely enter the river, but there is not much room to maneuver, and it will easily run aground.Therefore, when going to Kaijing this time, the main force on land and water is state-level sand ships and county-level warships.

"Okay, I will start adjusting the manpower after I get back and dispatch the main force to the sand ship." Gao Yuan replied.

"Sea control is equally important. This time you are on the Licheng River. Your main task is to prevent the Korean army from using the river to do things along the river. So overall, this task is not heavy. While completing this task, the water The division also needs to clear out all the Goryeo warships in the waters near Ganghwa Island, and this combat mission will not stop until a peace negotiation is reached." Liu Xinqi reminded again.

"Understood, I promise not to let the Goryeo warships enter the waters around Ganghwa Island." Gao Yuan said.

After arranging the navy's tasks, Liu Xinqi began to arrange the army's tasks. The army was the main force in the battle against Goryeo and had relatively high requirements.

"Korea has always adopted the strategy of 'big things' towards the regimes in the mainland. Whichever regime is strong, he will take refuge in that regime. At present, Jin is stronger than Zhao. Declare war with the Kingdom of Zhao. However, from the fact that our Xinghan Alliance can successfully trade in Kaijing, we can see that its surrender to the Kingdom of Jin is an act of cowardice and not sincerity."

Liu Xinqi first made some preparations, and then continued:

"The country's foreign policy affects people's thinking, so the people of Goryeo also worship the strong."

"What I mean by this is that 'big things' lead to the fact that Goryeo traitors are easy to appear among the people of Goryeo. As long as they see the bright future of following the Heunghan League, they will easily abandon their country. And as long as we are happy Since the Han League has always been strong, there is no need to worry about the loyalty of these people, because it is their instinct to assess the situation."

"Yesterday's final statistics showed that there were 700 young Koreans captured this time. To truly rely on our own people to manage these people will be very labor-intensive. Therefore, using the barbarians to control the barbarians has become the most urgent task at present."

"You mean, let the Koreans manage themselves?" Liu Xinyuan asked.

"Yes, select some Koreans who have surrendered to us and let them manage themselves, so that our soldiers can be free to deal with Kaijing of Korea with all our strength. If Kaijing wants to fight again, we can also use our full strength to fight against Kaijing. Go and shatter all their illusions in one fell swoop." Liu Xinqi replied.

"This... If you want to complete this work within three days, there is not enough time." Liu Xinyuan hesitated. This task seemed simple at first, but after careful consideration, he found that it was too difficult.

Knowing people but not knowing their hearts, who knows whether those Korean traitors who took refuge in the Xinghan League were really Korean traitors.

"Does any of you have a good way to make these young captives self-governing within three days? It will not tie up the large number of manpower guards of our Xinghan League. It would be best if it can help us." Liu Xinqi said to asked everyone present, intending to brainstorm ideas.

Everyone was either discussing with each other or bowing their heads in deep thought. Liu Xinqi actually initiated such an activity. Everyone was already used to it.

(End of this chapter)